[pearl-alice marsh] Hi VKN! Are we the only ones checking in so far?
Hello Pearl Alice
Just sitting and waiting
Sent this out as a trial balloon to see who turns up!
[pearl-alice marsh] II have to take a call. I'm at work.
Geneal10 how are you?
[Genal10] Good morning
Glad to see you here.
[Genal10] Thanks will just watch for a while if I may
How goes the research?
[Genal10] Slowly
Not a problem
Pearl Alice had to take a phone call so it is just the two of us for now.
[Genal10] OK
Genal10 who are your surnames and in what states?
[pearl-alice marsh] I'm back. I am stealing a little time at work. I think this
is a great idea!
Well PearlAlice we will hope that i t takes off
These rooms sit here day after day
So just decided to set a schedule and see who salutes.
Interesting discussion on superstitions huh?
Also on Uncle Remus stories.
We can expand on some of the mailing list discussion in the chat areas.
[pearl-alice marsh] Sorry to take so long... I have to take calls too! I think
the superstition and Uncle Remus discussions have been great.
[pearl-alice marsh] Did Genal say which family names he/she is
researching?
Genal10 who are you searching?
[Genal10] No I did not I am here at the special invitation of VKN to
observe and critique
[Genal10] Valencia its Joe
Ohhhh now I know and I see
[Genal10] ROFL
Yes Pear Alice
[pearl-alice marsh] I'm looking for MARSH, ELMORE, MOSS,
DUNAWAY in GA, AL, and LA.
[pearl-alice marsh] Okay. So, I'm the "visitor" with the experts! haha
Pearl Alive I though you found you Marxh slave owner?
Marsh SlaveOwner
[pearl-alice marsh] I haven't as yet, but I am closing in. I need to go to
the Library of Congerss (across the street) and see if I can find any
documents on the Sherrard's that I have been honing in on.
Ohhh so MARSH is not the name?
AAre the Sherrards in GA or LA?
[pearl-alice marsh] No, I think Marsh is the name. I think he ws owned
by someone else, separted from his Marsh family, and changed his
name back.I went to NARA and look through a bunch of freedmen's
Bureau REcords but did not find him by name.
[pearl-alice marsh] The Sherrards (white farmers) are in GA and LA.
I see
PearlAlice I spoke with Dwen Hall
Gwen
[pearl-alice marsh] Yes?
and her CD is being reissued by LSU
[pearl-alice marsh] Really? How so?
so you can get the reissue at no cost
[pearl-alice marsh] That will be great! Are they going to make it run on its
own or will it still depend on other software? Is it searchable?
In this one she lowered the bar so it will not be as difficult for the non
academic researcher.
It will be searchable.
We will put up a sample in the AfriGeneas library.
[pearl-alice marsh] Great! When I spoke with her, she wasn't very
encouraging about my family surname, but who knows!
It will have all of the manumissions for Natichotes Parish
[pearl-alice marsh] That is two parishes over from my family.
I know I did not spell the name of that Parish correctly.
[pearl-alice marsh] Natchitoches, I think. And, then it isn't even
pronounced the way it is spelled! Naketish is the pronunciation! LOL
Pearl Alice have you connected with Ron Batiste?
[pearl-alice marsh] Not for a while. What is he up to?
He seems to have a through knowledge of LA.
and I notice that LA now has a growing number of resources for the
AfriAm
I rec/d in my mail this morning an inventory of all info in Record Group
105
[Genal10] Valencia, Pearl I am being paged will drop in at another time
Good luck with getting this off the ground
[pearl-alice marsh] (sorry...had to take a phone call).I should get in touch
with him. Right now, I'm interested in the history behind my
ggrandfather's land acquisitions. In fact, in Jackson parish, a lot of former
slaves got a lot of land right after emancipation.
also known as the Mother Lode.
Yes but they also had to return most of it didn't they?
[pearl-alice marsh] Will you be passing that along to the list? I would
love to have a copy.
Yes I will take a State at a time
[pearl-alice marsh] Not that I can tell. Quite a bit was stolen back by
nefarious schemes, but I still own 23 acres of his original land. The rest
of it is carved up among a thousand relatives!!!
and the deeds date back to when, Pearl-Alice?
[pearl-alice marsh] The 1880s. He owned land between 1870-1880
which we can't account for. So, that is a reserach project. But, the 360
acres he purchased between 1886-1905 we still own or can trace the
sales.
[pearl-alice marsh] There was another family, the John wright family that
owned a lot of land. Also, my ELMORES still own a lot of their land.
That is terrific!!!!!!
[pearl-alice marsh] Yeah. Now, I am trying to amke sure we keep it in the
family. I am setting up a Family Trust so no one can sell land, only
interest. You know how that is.
[pearl-alice marsh] I am beginning to think Jackson Parish is very
interesting during that immediate period.
Guess we will just need to show for a few days ro see how many
people we might net!
Wow a family trust!!!!
How responsive is the family to that?
[pearl-alice marsh] They are pretty responsive. It is just that no one
wants to do the work. That galls me a bit, but then... I can't let that
stand in the way.
[pearl-alice marsh] I have to get some title searches done soon to clarify
the current owners of some land and then I will begin the legal work to
establish the Trust.
Proud of you!
[pearl-alice marsh] Thanks! I am proud to be an Afrigeneas member.
This has really been my support. I look back at some of my earliest
postings and feel a bit embarrassed!!!
[pearl-alice marsh] They seem so naive!
We all start on the naive leg and grow from there.
[pearl-alice marsh] I was so frightened to think about slave research,
now I am frustrated that it isn' t moving more quickly1!
It is just good that we can put our collective heads together.
[pearl-alice marsh] And establish community!! Woops! My boss has
come in... gotta go... I'll check back if I get a chance. Otherwise, I will
see you tomorrw.
Yes Slave research can be tedious.
OK
[Art] hello vkn, How's it going, Rainy here in Ohio
Hello
Raining also in Alabama
Pear Alice was here earlier
and one other person stopped by for a few
Hope to see this idea fly
What do you think?
[Art] Have ties with ex-in-laws from Lincoln & Anniston & Talladega.
Embry's among other's
[Art] Hello Kim, I'm Art
Well Art I am in Anniston
[kim] Hello everyone
Let me know if I can be of help
Kim where are you located?
[kim] I'm in Gastonia, NC
[Art] VKN: A John Wilson from that area has been a big help to me
Oh yes I know John very well
He searches Talladega and Macon Counties
[Art] Kim: Is Gastonia near Edgecombe County?
Kim I went to high school in Granville County
[Art] VKn: John is collaterally related thru the Hall's
Ih O see
John is a member of our local genealogy society
[Art] Kim: My ggparents were fro Tarboro in Edgecombe county
I see him from time to time but he works in Atlanta
[Art] VKN: yes, his job from Mcclellen transferred
So you guys have been in touch for some time?
[Art] about two years now
Very good
[Art] Have you ever seen the mention of Quarterbun as a surname
John is a fine young man
[Art] yes he is
Quarterbun? No I have not.
What iis the origin?
[Art] Our Hall married a lady, either a Quarterbun or a Delaney, I
believe a Delaney
I see
DELANEY is a famous name
[Art] Also, I believe she was from Calhoun County, I get Calhoun and
Talladega mixed up
I guess I think of the sisters
[Art] And we had a Martin Delaney here in Ihio, buried at Wilberforce
Talledega is 20 miles to the south of Calhoun
[Art] close enough for government work :-))
LOL
[Art] what do you think of the CD discussions?
you mean about Heritahe Quest?
Heritage
amd Ancestry
[Art] yes, I have about 10-12 of them and I think they're great (HQ)
Werll too often the discussion is a pop answer without any thought
[Art] That's very true
I think the CDs are wonderful.
Each das merit
[Art] Can't be researching at 2 AM, at home in your PJ's
and what a joy to have such resource in your own home
In the long run saves many dollars
[Art] I've scoured the CD's and made a "minature" index of each on
where my people are.
That is great
Did you get the Gwen Hall CD?
[Art] A big difference is the NC and southern CD's have page after
page of AA's, not so true with early northern CD's
[Art] no, not the Louisiana CD
I noticed that.
Particularly in SC and MD
[Art] Ain't it the truth
Who do you have in Calhoun County?
[Art] Afrigeneas is to be complimented for it's progress
or is it just the in-law?
LOL, indeed we have come a long way.
and such a distance to go.
[Art] In-laws and it seems they're related to everyone
My maternal sides were here since about 1842
[Art] Halls, Embry's, Snow's, Cunningham, Davis, Turner, Sims,
I am helping a SNOW now wiyh her genealogy
[Art] we pick up the Embry's from the white Embree's coming out of TN
She is SNOW-HAWKINS
[Art] would that be Maude?
The lady I am helping is a paternal HAwkins
[Art] I think Maude was the Mayor of Gadsden, maybe still is.
She is a maternal SNOW
lives in Oxford,
You mean of Hobson City?
[Art] Yep, told you I was confused.
Gadsden is in Erowah County
Etowah
Maude is out of office as of the most recent election.
[Art] The Hall's just had a Reunion in Okla City, had two busloads from
your area
WOW!
Now that's a heap!
[Art] Did the same when they were here in Springfield, Ohio 4 years
ago. They are something!!
Are you onr of the founders of the Ohio group?
I mean the Miami Valley etc?
[Art] AAGGMV, I was in it early in the game with Bob Harris and
Bennie McRae
By the way we lived in Columbus Ohio for about 7 years
[Art] Columbus has grown soo much it's darn near to Spfld now
It is a big old country town.
Lots of kin in Cleveland.
Do you connect at all with Hasker?
[Art] A good description of Columbus, Cleveland is a city
My fearest friend lives in Columbus and teaches at Central State.
fearest=dearest
[Art] Saw Hasker at Wilberforce 2 Saturday's ago. He did a thing on
AA's & the Internet reasearch, very good
That is great.
[Art] I graduated from CSU. Who is your friend?
Dr. Mary V. Howard
[Art] Don't think I know her by name.
She teaches children's literature
What year did you graduate?
[Art] I'm down there a couple times each month, I'll make myself known
and say hello for you
[Art] 1956
Very very good!!!
[Art] Well, my class is 56, I dropped out, went back and degree'd in 65
1956 was when we moved to Columbus
[Art] I say 56 because I really didn't get to know those KIDS my last
year which was 64-65
[Art] What happened? Did our winters get to you?
and came to Anniston in 1990 after retirement.
[Art] How far is Lincoln from Anniston? My ex mother-in-law was born
there. She is the sweetest woman in the world
Lincoln is in Calhoun County
and part is in Talladega County
It is about 15 miles from where we live.
[Art] OK, I just added a 5 generation picture of her on my Home Page,
with my NEW g-grandson
send me the url
[Art] www.familytreemaker.com/users/t/h/o/Arthur-L-Thomas
Thanx
[Art] more than welcome
Hope you will join us here tomorrow
[jaquio1] di i miss it??
[Art] I'll certainly try
Hello and welcome
[jaquio1] did I miss it?
[jaquio1] hello
We are just about to close shop
[jaquio1] oh no
Hope you can join us here on Tuesday!
[jaquio1] same time tomorrow?
Yes
[jaquio1] see you then
Fro, 11:45 to now Eastern Time
[jaquio1] bye bye
Bye Art
[Art] see you tomorrow
Hello Barbara
Join us here tomorrow
we are here from 11:45 to thid hour.
yhid=this
Glad you stopped by.
Will look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!
Bye for now!!!!!!!!